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A Listening:  

Listen to people talking and check the correct answer

1. Donna’s grandfather and grandmother a) did not talk to each other until they were married b) met only with a family member in the room c) had to stay with relatives till they got married.

2. One of Tina’s complaints to her landlord is that a) the refrigerator doesn’t work b) the air conditioner need to be fixed c) the door is stained.

3. To stop depleting the ozone layer, Bob recommends a) cutting down trees b) reducing air pollution c) using hair spray.

4. Sally is going to take a) a music appreciation course b) a landscape photography course c) an auto-repair course.

B Reading Comprehension:

Aggression

Aggressive behavior is any behavior that intended to cause injury, pain, suffering, damage, or destruction. While aggressive behavior is often thought of as purely physical, verbal attacks such as screaming and shouting or belittling and humiliating comments aimed at causing harm and suffering are also a type of aggression. What is key to the definition of aggression is that whenever harm is inflicted, be it physical or verbal, it is intentional.

Questions about the causes of aggression have long been of concern to both social and biological scientists. Theories about the causes of aggression cover a broad spectrum, ranging from those with biological or instinctive emphases to those that portray aggression as a learned behavior.

Numerous theories are based on the idea that aggression is an inherent and natural human instinct. Aggression has been noted that aggressive impulses that are not channeled towards a specific person or group may be expressed indirectly through socially acceptable activities such as sports and competition in a process called catharsis.

1. Circle the option that is NOT defined as aggressive behavior:

a) Inflicting pain accidentally

b) Making insulting remarks

c) Destroying property

d) Trying unsuccessfully to injure someone

2. What does the word While in line 2 express? What ideas does it connect?

3. The word “it” appears twice in line 5. Who or what does refer to?

4. According to paragraph 3, displacement is:

a) Internally directed aggression

b) A modeled type of aggression

c) Aggression that is unintentional

d) Aggression that is directed outward

5. Express the main idea of the passage in two or three lines at the most

C. Rewrite:

1. Only marry him if you are sure. (Unless)

2. Poverty and overcrowding are ruining the lives of people in many cities. (By)

3. Nobody is born knowing. (It’s obvious)

4. Would higher fines help reduce the number of can accidents? (I wonder)

5. The woman had a nervous breakdown. Her husband died in a car accident. (whose)

6. I’d better leave early. I don’t want to miss the beginning of the movie. (so that)

7. Most of the people my age like to go to rock concerts. I don’t. (unlike)

8. The police officer asked the suspect: “What did you do yesterday morning?” (had)

9. I enjoy all kinds of music except for country music. (except that)

10. I am an only child. That’s a problem. I don’t have other children to play with. The problem …

D. Fill in the blanks with only one word:

Do you enjoy traveling to other countries? Do you (1) _______ to see new sights, taste new (2) _______, and understand how foreign cultures are different (3) _______ you own? There is a proverb (4) ________ goes: When in Rome , do as the Romans (5) _______. This means that it is (6) ______ good idea to try to learn the (7) _______ of the place you are visiting and (8) ______ behave in a similar fashion.

If you (9) ______ to travel to Japan, it might be (10) _______ to know some Japanese customs about public behavior, dining out, tipping and gifts before you go.

Remember, people always appreciate tourists who respect their customs.

E. Complete the following with the correct form of the verbs given:

1. (1) _______ (just/receive) an e-mail from my old school informing me that my former principal, Mr. Reginald Page, (2) ______ (retire) next week. Students of the school, old and new, (3) _________ (send) him a present to mark the occasion. Mr. Page, (4) _______ (always/remember) for his patient and understanding and, above all, for the kindly encouragement he (5) ________ (give) us when we (6) _______ (have) problems at school. A great many former students (7) ________ (attend) a farewell dinner in his honor next Thursday. It (8) ________ (be) a curious coincidence that the day before his retirement, Mr. Page (9) _____ (teach) for a total of 40 years. I don’t think I’ll ever have another teacher like him: he (10) _______ (always/be) my favorite!

F. Composition: Write a three-paragraph composition (around 220 words) about someone who is unique or different.